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P. J. TRIELLER.

rTOY GUN.

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UNrrED, STATES PATENT Orifice.'

PETERJ. TRIELLER, OF MILWAUKEE, VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO A. MEINEOKE 85 SON, OF SAME PLAGE.

ToY GUN.`

SPECIFICATION forming p'art of Letters Patent No. 285,368, dated September 18, 1883.

Application filed VFelnnruy 1U, 1883. (No model.) Y

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, discharging the same, fourth, the device for" Be it known that I, PETER J., Tnrlminnie, a citizen Aof the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of l\[ilwaukee and State of VisCOnsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or ligures ot' reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of toy guns from which theprojeetiles are adapted to be thrown by a bow or elastic bands.

My improvements consist, iirst, in providing a receptacle, in connection with the barrel ot` the gun, adapted to contain a large number of balls; second, a device for automatically moving a single ball at a time for such receptacle to the bore of a gun asthc propellingeord is sprung back in position to discharge the ball; third, a device for retaining the propolling-cord in rear of the ball preparatory to preventing the ball when in the bore from rolling ot'its own gravity therefrom, fifth, the general arrangement of the several elements of the device which cooperate together.

Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal seetion, showing the position ofan arm in position to receive a 'ball preparatory to throwing it up into the bore ofthe barrel. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, showing the position of said arm in the act ot throwing the ball into the bore ot' the barrel. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

Like parts are represented by the same rei'- erence-letters.

A is the gun-barrel. B is the bore. C C are elastic straps. D is a connecting-rod by which the rear ends of the straps are connected. The front ends of the straps C are respectively con: neeted to the bar E. The bar E is attached to the barrel by pivotal bolt F, which permits the bar to be turned in line with and beneath the barrel A for convenience in carrying.

G is a receptacle l'or the balls A. The receptacle is attached to the barrel by the pivotal bolt l, which bolt permits the rear end of such receptacle to be turned from beneath the barrel when being iilled with balls.

J is a retaining-clasp, by which the receptacle is retained in line with the barrel when lilled.

K is av spring, which spring is rigidly attached at, one end to the barrel, at the side of the bore. The other end extends into the bore sufficiently to come in contact with the ball, the spring being adapted to prevent` the ball from rolling of its own gravity from the barrel of the gun, while it readily yields before the pressure of the ball when driven forward by the bow. A slide, L, is attached to the rod l) and moves with it, striking against the balls, whereby they are proj ccted from the gun.

The rear end ot' the slideL is provided with `a hook, M, which engages with the retainingarm N ot' the bracket O preparatory to discharging the gun. The arm N is disengaged from the slide L by drawing back upon the trigger l when the slide L is thrown forward by the bow against the ball. The trigger P is pivoted to the gunstock R by pin Q. The rear end ot' the trigger is pressed downward by the spring S, whereby its front end is thrown upward, carrying with it the arm N, thus retaining said arm N in position to engage in slide L, as shown in Fig. 2. The bracket O is at tached to the stock by a pivot, a. The front end ofthe bracket O is provided with a'block, T, which is thrown upward as the arm Nis thrown downward. Thus it is obvious that as the slidetL is drawn back with the bow it presses down the arm N, whereby the block T is thrown upward carrying with it one of theballs as far as the lower line of the bore B, where the ,ball is retained by the spring U. The spring U is rigidly fastened to the side of the stock with a screw at NV, where the rear arm, c, of the spring presses the ball against the side of the groove b. Vhen the rst ball is thus held in the groove b by the spring, the trigger is drawn back, when the slide L moves forward without the ball. The slide L being thus removed from above the arin N, said arm is free to move up into the recess d, when the block Tis brought below the balls in the IOO stituted by a non-elastic cord.

Having thus described iny invention, .what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In arepeatiug bow-gun, the combination ol" trigger P, spring S, bracket O, block T, and slide L, said bracket O being provided with arlnN, adapted to engage with said slide and receptacle and another ball rolls upon said block, as shown in Fig. 2. It is now obvious retain the salne in position to discharge the ball, said block T being adapted to inove the balls from the receptacle to said bore in front of said slide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a repeating bow-gun, the ball-receptacle G, as secured to the stock by pivotal bolt l, and adapted to be turned from beneath the stock whenbeing supplied with balls, as set forth.

3. ln Aa bow-gun, the combination of the barrel A, inflexible bar E, elastic straps C C, and pivotal bolt, Frsaid bar E being adapted to turn on said pivotal bolt in line with and beneath the barrel, substantially as and' for the 'purpose specied.

ln testimony whereof l aliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER J. TRIELLER.

Vitnesses:

XV. J. SINNOTT, J As. B. ERWIN. 

